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On the White Pass Pay-Roll Primary Source Edition by S.H. Graves REPRINT SoftCov
On the White Pass Pay-Roll Primary Source Edition by S.H. Graves
On the White Pass Pay-Roll Primary Source Edition
S.H. Graves
Soft Cover
258 Pages
Copyright 1923 REPRINT date unknown
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Contents
PART I. CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
CHAPTERPage
I. CONDITIONS IN SKAGUAY IN 1898 . 15
II. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST SECTION . 41
III. CONSTRUCTION OF SECOND SECTION 64
IV. COMMODORE WILLIAM ROBINSON . 86
V. CONCERNING BEARS . 95
PART II. WORKING CONDITIONS
VI. RAIL DIVISION..115
VII. RIVER DIVISION ... 141
VIII. OCTOBER, I903... 159
IX. BURNING OF THE "COLUMBIAN" . 192
X. WINTER MAIL SERVICE . 217
XI. A Night In A Sleeping Car 237
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
View of Skaguay.Frontispiece
On the Old White Pass Trail .. 34
Inspiration Point ..... 42
Heney and Hislop on Winter Trail .. 52
John Hislop and his Friends ... 52
Cutting the Grade on Tunnel Mountain . 6o
Navigation on Summit Lake ... 86
Mrs. "Cinnamon Bear" and her Cook. 104
Engine of Passenger Train Waiting at Bennett Station while Passengers Lunch 116
White Pass Rotary Snow Plough at Rest and in Action. 118
Rotary Snow Plough No. 2 Overturned by Avalanche 126
Four-engine Train Crossing Cantilever Bridge near Summit of White Pass. 138
White Pass River Steamer... 146
"Columbian" before and after the Fire . 208
Double Dog Team ..... 218
White Pass Winter Mail Service Sleigh. 228
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